MI Choice Waiver Program and Waiver Agents The MI Choice Waiver Program began in 1992 as the Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly and Disabled (HCBS/ED) waiver program run by Michigan Medicaid. This program is now know as the MI Choice Waiver Program, or simply, "the waiver." Through this program, eligible adults who meet income and asset criteria can receive Medicaid-covered services like those provided by nursing homes, but can stay in their own home or another residential setting including licensed assisted living facilities known as Adult Foster Care or Homes for the Aged. The waiver became available in all Michigan counties October 1, 1998 and licensed residential setting on July 1, 2009. Each community has at least one Waiver Agent responsible for administering the MI Choice Waiver Program. To identify the Waiver Agents in your community refer to the map below and the list of Agents by region.
Region 1A Serving: Cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe Farms, and Harper Woods Detroit Area Agency on Aging Paul Bridgewater, Executive Director Laura Seruguchi, Program Director 1333 Brewery Park Blvd., Suite 200 Detroit, Michigan 48207 Tele: 313-446-4444 Fax: 313-446-4446 Region 1B Serving: Counties of Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, Washtenaw, and St. Clair Area Agency on Aging 1B Tina Abbate Marzolf, CEO Kathleen Kueppers, Program Director 29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 400 Southfield, Michigan 48034 Tele: 248-357-2255 Fax: 248-648-9691 Macomb-Oakland Regional Center, Inc. Dennis M. Bott, Director Marcia Marklin, Program Director 16200 Nineteen Mile Road
P. O. Box 380710 Clinton Township, Michigan 48038-0070 Tele: 586-263-8953 Fax: 586-228-7029 Region 1C Serving: All other areas of Wayne County not covered by the Detroit Area Agency on Agency (1A) The Senior Alliance Robert Brown Executive Director Lydia Gold, Program Director 3850 Second Street, Suite 201 Wayne, Michigan 48184-1755 Tele: 734-722-2830 Fax: 734-722-2836 The Information Center, Inc. Edward D Angelo, President Kelly Faber, Program Director 20500 Eureka Road, Suite 110 Taylor, Michigan 48180 Tele: 734-282-7171 Fax: 734-282-7105 Region 2 Serving: Counties of Jackson, Hillsdale, Lenawee Region 2 Area Agency on Aging Ginny Wood-Bailey, Executive Director Barbara Stoy, Waiver Services Manager 102 North Main Street PO Box 189 Brooklyn, Michigan 49230 Tele: 800-335-7881 517-467-2204 Fax: 517-467-8214 Region 3 Serving: (3A) Kalamazoo County; (3B) Counties of Calhoun and Barry; (3C) Counties of Branch, and St. Joseph Region 3B Area Agency on Aging Karla Fales, Executive Director Linda Frost, RN, Care Management Director 200 West Michigan Avenue, Suite 100 Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 Tele: 269-966-2450 Fax: 269-441-0961 Senior Services, Inc. Robert W. Littke, Director
John Grib, Program Director 918 Jasper Street Kalamazoo, Michigan 49001 Tele: 269-382-0515 Fax: 269-382-3189 Region 4 Serving: Counties of Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren Region IV Area Agency on Aging Lynn Kellogg, Chief Executive Officer Dawn Tyler, Program Director 2900 Lakeview Avenue St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 Tele: 269-983-0177 Fax: 269-983-5218 Region 5 Serving: Counties of Genesee, Lapeer, and Shiawassee Valley Area Agency on Aging Kathy Boles, Director Lee Mix, CM Supervisor 711 North Saginaw Street, Suite 207 Flint, Michigan 48503 Tele: 810-239-7671 Fax: 810-239-8869 Region 6 Serving: Counties of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Tri-County Office on Aging Marion Owen, Director 5303 South Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan 48911-3800 Tele: 517-887-1440 Fax: 517-887-8071 Region 7 Serving: Counties of Bay, Clare, Gladwin, Gratiot, Huron, Isabella, Midland, Saginaw, Sanilac and Tuscola A&D Home Health Care, Inc. Roselyn Argyle, Director David Benjamin, Program Director 3150 Enterprise, Suite 200 Saginaw, Michigan 48603 Tele: 1-800-884-3335 989-249-0929 Fax: 989-249-1147 / 989-249-1153 - Roselyn Argyle Region VII Area Agency on Aging
Drew Orvosh, Director Kerry Williams, Program Director 1615 S. Euclide Avenue Bay City, Michigan 48706 Tele: 989-893-4506 Fax: 989-893-3770 Region 8 Serving: Counties of Allegan, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Newaygo, and Osceola Area Agency on Aging of Western Michigan, Inc. Thomas Czerwinski, Director Suzanne Filby-Clark, Program Director 1279 Cedar Street, N.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-1378 Tele: 616-456-5664 Fax: 616-456-5692 HHS, Health Options Denise L. Zoeterman, President and CEO Steven Velzen-Haner, Clinical Director 5363 44th Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Tele: 800-447-3007 616-956-9440 Fax: 616-285-2583 Region 9 Serving: Counties of Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Cheboygan, Crawford, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego, Presque Isle, and Roscommon Northeast Michigan Community Service Agency (NEMCSA) John Swise, Director Laurie Sauer, Program Director 2375 Gordon Road Alpena, Michigan 49707 Tele: 989-356-3474 Fax: 989-354-5909 Region 10 Serving: Counties of Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau, Manistee, Missaukee, and Wexford Area Agency on Aging of Northwest Michigan Gregory Piaskowski, Executive Director Robert Schlueter, Program Director 1609 Park Drive P. O. Box 5946 Traverse City, Michigan 49696-5946 Tele: 231-947-8920 Fax: 231-947-6401
Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Gregory D. Paffhouse, Director Terri Kelty, Program Director 105 Hall Street, Suite D Traverse City, Michigan 49684 Tele: 800-640-7478 231-933-4917 (Paffhouse) 231-933-4913 (Kelty) Fax: 231-995-7900 Region 11 Serving: Counties of Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft U.P. Area Agency on Aging (UPCAP) Jonathan Mead, Director Mark Bomberg, Program Director Tammy Spigarelli, Waiver Program Coordinator P.O. Box 606 2501 14th Avenue South Escanaba, Michigan 49829 Tele: 906-786-4701 Fax: 906-786-5853 Region 14 Serving: Counties of Muskegon, Oceana, and Ottawa Senior Resources Pam Curtis, Director Cheryl Snow, Program Director 255 West Sherman Boulevard Muskegon Heights, Michigan 49444 Tele: 231-739-5858 Fax: 231-739-4452 HHS, Health Options, Inc. Denise L. Zoeterman, Director Steven Velzen-Haner, Clinical Director 5363 44th Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512 Tele: 800-447-3007 616-956-9440 Fax: 616-285-2583